Found Poetry

Midway through Anne Sextons Biography I pulled down a book of her collected poems to browse through. For a second I couldn't find it and was afraid that it had been lost in one of my moves, but oh wait, there it was. When I pulled it off the shelf I noticed it was unusually thick and so grabbing the book by it's spine I gently shook it and sure enough a wad of notebook paper fell out. Poems I had written three years ago. This is what it's like living with me. I write on mail, receipts, coupons and then shove the products of my imagination into kitchen drawers, books, magazines racks, boxes. I can't imagine what my ex thought of me. Anyway, here is one of the poems I thought I had lost, and in fact don't really remember writing:

In my mind
We are still 21
Driving that one lane road
...pointing out sheep.
It's sunny and bright
the t-tops are off.
We are two single girls
getting over broken hearts.
I forget where we were going,
I forget a lot of things,
but I know that you were driving
and I was relaxing
in my own passenger seat
Watching the scenery
Counting sheep

It's a rough poem, it really needs some work. Still, I had forgotten all about that day and now I have it back. HA!